Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
SHILLONG: The officials of Central Mine Planning and Design Institute, Coal India Limited and Director General of Mine Safety based in Guwahati held a meeting with the Meghalaya Chief Secretary, officials of mining and geology department and directorate of mineral resources to work out a guideline for coal mining in …
Moves up from 8th spot among top 40 global mining firms The country’s top dry-fuel miner Coal India Limited (CIL) has become the sixth-largest mining company in the world in terms of market capital, says a recent PwC report. Earlier, the company was at the eighth spot among top 40 …
Coal Directory of India provides coal and lignite statistics spreading over eleven sections covering some general economy data, brief history of coal sector in India, present status, reserve, production, dispatches, pit head closing stock, price, export and import, trends of coal consumption in power, steel and cement production, captive coal …
Thirty two of the world's largest energy firms account for around a third of all man-made emissions when the burning of the fuel they produce is taken into account. The figures come from a new report released on Wednesday by Thomson Reuters and BSD Consulting. These so-called ‘scope 3 emissions’ …
The environment ministry has given Coal India the go-ahead to expand the Jhanjra underground mining project in West Bengal, one of the few such proposals in recent years, which will help the state monopoly extract coal worth more than Rs 8,000 crore without destroying forests. Coal India, under pressure to …
The Union Environment Ministry has roped in PSUs like NTPC, Coal India and NMDC to fund the setting up of over 60 Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations across 12 cities by this year-end. The project, requiring an investment of between Rs 400-500 crore, will see new stations being set up …
The environment ministry has relaxed green norms on an interim basis for two Chhattisgarh coal mines given to Coal India's custody, in order to ensure production from these blocks. The mines -- Gare Palma IV/2 and IV/3 mines -- are under Coal India (CIL) custody as an interim measure after …
The Committee on Public Undertakings (2014-15) present this Fourth Report on Coal India Limited. The Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-13) had selected the above subject for detailed examination. Since the examination of the subject could not be completed during the term of that Committee, the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14) …
An Act to provide for allocation of coal mines and vesting of the right, title and interest in and over the land and mine infrastructure together with mining leases to successful bidders and allottees with a view to ensure continuity in coal mining operations and production of coal, and for …
Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to maintain status quo on a Chhattisgarh mine, the bid for which by Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) had been cancelled by the Government. While passing the order on Tara coal block till April 16, the court also asked the Coal Ministry how …
The 24 government-run companies that have promised to generate 18,819 MW of green energy capacity in five years include NTPC Ltd., Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd., Coal India Ltd., National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd. and SAIL (India) Ltd. Other than power generation, Green Brilliance Energy Pvt. Ltd. and CVC India …
However, they do not have a veto Surajbai, 80, hailing from Barkutta village, “repents” giving birth to four girls. Owner of six acres near the Kusmunda opencast coal mine, Surajbai has five children. Her son, Kumhar Singh, suffering from a deleterious mental illness, is bed-ridden and could not be employed …
Toilets will be constructed in all Government schools before start of new academic session. Apart from School Education Department, Tribal Welfare, Urban Development departments, public undertakings, Mandi Board, Laghu Udyog Nigam and Central PSUs are extending financial assistance for this. Private-public participation will be encouraged. Assistance will also be sought …
Ministry of Coal vide Office Memorandum No. 23011/107/2009-CPD (Vol.II) dated 13th June 2014 constituted a new `Inter Ministerial Task Force’ to undertake a comprehensive review of existing sources of coal and consider the feasibility for rationalization of these sources with a view to optimize transportation cost and materialization under the …
An inter-ministerial panel on fuel linkages has recommended providing coal to end-use plants linked to the blocks that have been cancelled by the Supreme Court. The Standing Linkage Committee (Long Term) recommended that “in view of the scarcity situation of coal, prioritisation of categories of coal supply be done...in case …
New financial analysis based on information on Coal India obtained via the Right to Information Act calls into question fundamental assumptions regarding Coal India’s long-term financial performance and raises important questions for asset owners, asset managers and advisors interested in the upcoming offering. The briefing also suggests key questions investors …
The Indian power sector is remarkably characterised as one where electricity availability has always lagged behind demand. India still has close to 75 million households (almost 45% of all rural households) with no access to electricity, but the existing system is stumbling in its efforts to even cater to the …
NEW DELHI: A high-level panel has recommended environment clearance, with some riders, for the expansion of mining project of CIL's arm, Western Coalfields Ltd, in Maharashtra. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) "after detailed deliberations, recommended for granting EC (Environment Clearance) with...specific conditions", according to an official document. The conditions are …
Industry experts say things are getting muddled as the government tries to balance contrasting objectives Will the NDA's coal block auctions fix the mess in India's coal sector? With the draft rules of the proposed coal block auctions in the public domain, a set of industry experts says things are …
The Government will allow commercial mining of coal by private companies after allocating mines to public sector companies and auction to specific-end users, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. “First you give it to the state and central PSUs. Thereafter, you make a pool of all actual users and have …
